As I am a bit wary of tourist traps, I wasn't expecting much from the cooking course I had booked but I was to be mistaken.. it was a fantastic day, I met loads of fun people and the course was great. Very hands-on, we all cooked our own meals and the teacher, called Nice (yes, as in nice!), was very friendly, fun and energetic. The Thai Farm Cooking School is 17km outside of Chiang Mai, which is a blessing, as that means you spend all day at this lovely organic farm in very calm surroundings. They pick you up from your hotel and bring you back and it goes all day from 9am to 5pm. It is not listed in Lonely Planet yet but it definitely deserves it. There were 28 pupils there today, seperated
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